scooby3051 10,854 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Great to see Bobby and his wife gain their biggest success with Royal Performer... a horse returned from Hong Kong...great to see...they have had their ups and downs over the past couple of years but good on them to get a huge win today. As an aside hope Melody Belle pulled up all well as a side note... shaneMcAlister, jack, mckenzie and 7 others 9 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Too right.Totally deserved.And he was so chuffed it was good to see. And I backed it .Small JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 24 minutes ago, scooby3051 said: Great to see Bobby and his wife gain their biggest success with Royal Performer... a horse returned from Hong Kong...great to see...they have had their ups and downs over the past couple of years but good on them to get a huge win today. As an aside hope Melody Belle pulled up all well as a side note... Earnt most his owners decent payday over the years that horse, was Turn Tide in a past life and picked up a decent prize on Poly at Wolverhampton . Get some good ones go around Wolves . They have done a great job with him this prep , good on them. JJ Flash 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iraklis 2,231 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Does anyone know what happened to Melody Belle? is she ok etc etc Cheers Iraklis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,553 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Yep melody belle wasn't good enough, all credit to the winner, who had almost been over shadowed by the failure of the favourite, great to see the Vance's win the big race.Congrats to the winning connections. Chris Wood and ADM 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobysnacks 386 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Good stuff, Bob. Should be able to afford a few more Pro V's now! Chris Wood 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampfox 94 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Shad said: Yep melody belle wasn't good enough, all credit to the winner, who had almost been over shadowed by the failure of the favourite, great to see the Vance's win the big race.Congrats to the winning connections. watch replay knocked off balance twice top of strait.credit to opie he looked after her.she,l be back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,553 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Agree did have a rocky run, seemed to drop her bundle after gap got tight, just not her day today, and maybe back, time will tell,got a few miles in the legs now, and she has been a superstar regardless. swampfox 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patiti 274 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Opte mentioned retirement when returning to scale.....................the mare not him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Royal Performer , out of unraced Juddmonte mare that was in Barry Hills yard.. Looking at siblings they get about all over the world , half brother raced in Oman in January and younger full sister trained in Czech Republic and ran 2nd in a couple races in France in December . Another was trained in Italy and another in Ireland as well as UK . Pam Robson and shaneMcAlister 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneMcAlister 1,425 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Thorough congratulations to all winning parties. Stuff dreams are made of. An ex Hong Kong 8yo is winning premier group 1 middle distance race, surely the powers in racing can see the standard and class of New Zealand’s top racing needs re addressing. Just my opinion, but I worry. The solution is not more SWP races. scoobysnacks, Pam Robson, We're Doomed and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,721 Report post Posted February 13, 2021 Super Win! Congrats to all the Vance team! Our very own Rdytdy was all over it! I agree Shane...when an 8yo returns from Honkers and cleans up our GR.1 like that... we have say WTF?? Melody Belle I thought was under pressure and not traveling all that well before the turn. The bumping and crowding she received was secondary due to her unable to excellerate out of that position. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
